Condenser



May 31, 1932. F. KLEIN 1,860,677

CONDENSER Filed July 9, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR,

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BY f/ 5 ATTORNEY z May 31, 1932. L 1,860,677

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ad 7 1 i Y 5' ATTORN% {g l l5 V Patented May 31, 1932 rnnnnnrcx, KLEIN, or COLLEGE POINT, nnw xonx, assreuon 'ro's rr-nasrwoon CORPORATION, OF PATERSON NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY CONDENSER I I Application filed J'uly a, 1931. Serial" No. 549.7151.

This invention relates to devices, known as condensers, by which threads or yarns or other strands extending therethrough from any multiple supply,as a creel, to another reed,

harness or the like, are maintained in certain groupings required as they are drawn lengthwise of themselves in certain operations, as warping.

. The principal object of the invention is to 19 provide a condenser or multiple strand guide which will permit easy supervision of the strands passing therethrough particularly by making possible practically unobstructed Vision through the condenser and making also possible the elimination of hooks or the like in entering the strands to the condenser spaces or openings, and which at the same time will be simple and inexpensive in construction, adapted to permit ready replacement of its strand-guiding or opening-forming, elements when they become worn,and which will be adapted for shifting of a portion thereof so that wear caused by the strands may be shiftedto new places or distributed.

The invention is shown herein, by way of example, merely, in connection with apparatus which supplies strands in the operation of warping,

Fig. 1 showing in 'plana creel of thesocalled V-type, the improved condenser, and the usual lease and condensing reeds;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation of one of the reeds forming part of the creel;

5 Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the improved condenser;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation thereof, partly broken away; and

Fig. 5 is a section on line 55,'Fig. 3.

4D A creel structure is shown in Fig. 1 as comprising two frames 1 which diverge in the direction of a tie member 2 connecting them; a series of supplies arranged on these frames in horizontal rows at different elevations 5 (only the top rows appearing) and each here for such cones and affording also means at 5 to guide the yarn coming from said cones (see ample) and a pair of reeds 6 carried by the tie member and each having spaced vertical dents 6a, these two reeds guiding the strands which respectively come from the rows of supplies carried by the two frames 1. 7 and 8 are respectively what'are known as the lease and condensing reeds employed in warping,'which it will be understood is (here) the treatment which the strands are undergoing, and at 9 isthe improved condenser. A condenser, as is known, usually consists of a board or the likebored with parallel rows of holes for the respective strands. My condenser or multiple strand guide is constructed as follows (Figs. 3-to 5) An open frame is formed by a pair of horizontal headers 10 spaced from each other and having their ends penetrated by the vertical rods 11 whose ends are threaded and on Whichare screwed nuts 12 and 13 by-which each header is clamped to each rod in spaced relation to the other header.

7 Another open frame-is formed by a pair.

of vertical headers 14 spaced from each other and having their ends penetrated by the hori-, zontal rods 15 whose ends are threaded and on which are screwed nuts 16 and 17 by which each suchheader is clamped toeach rod inthe mentioned spaced relation to the other header. v p 1 Q 4 Each rod 11 of the first frame penetrates a pair of hangers 18 which may be secured, thereto in spaced relation to each other by theset-screws 19 and which receive the rods 15 of the second frame, the hangers for the latter purpose preferably having crotohes or hook portions20, as shown in Fig. 1, for re ception of the rods 15 and facing each other, and to these hangers the second frame may be secured against horizontal. displacement by set-screws 21 tapped into the hangers. The presence of the crotohes or hook portions permits the second frame to be assembled'with the first when it is itself fully assembled, as will appear. 1

, The structure formed by the two frames will usually stand upright and may be carried by any support, as 22, to which the deso my application Serial No. 525,801, for expending portion 23 of the first frame may be 19 secured by bolts or the like extending through the holes 24.

Each frame is equipped with attaching elements arranged in series extending generally lengthwise of its headers, these in the present case being pins (Fig. 5) projecting from the corresponding upright faces of the headers.

These attaching elements serve for the dents of each frame. The dents of the first frame are here formed by a single length of wire, cord or other attenuated material 26 which is secured at its ends to two of the pins of the frame and between these pins is trained back and forth zig-zag fashion around the relatively intermediate pins of the two headers so that the various stretches thereof are substantially parallel, except that one-half of the stretches of the wire of this frame are preferably arranged to converge somewhat with respect to the other stretches. The dents of the second frame'are here formed by a single length of similar material 27 likewise secured at its ends to two of the pins of the frame and between those pins trained back and forth zig-zag fashion around the relatively intermediate pins of the two headers so that the various stretches thereof are substantially parallel. The wire in each case is drawn taut, which may be accomplished by setting the two headers apart by means of the nuts 1213 (or 16-17) after training the wire as stated.

The two frames, thus equipped, in effect form reeds each with parallel dents, and when assembled as shown the dents of one intersect those of the other so that the condenser spaces, forreceiving the respective threads or yarns, exist at 28.

The carried reed is supported in such man-. ner that it may be shifted relatively to the carrying reed, either horizontally or vertically, so as to change the points at which wear of the dents by the strands occurs, to wit, by loosening the set-screws 19 it may be shifted horizontally and by loosening the set-screws 21 it may be shifted vertically with the hangers 18. I c c When the condenser is used as shown in Fig. 1 all the strands A from the supplies at one side of the creel extend in some selected grouping through the respective spaces 28 of one half of the condenser and all the strands Bfrom the supplies at the other side of the creel extend in some selected grouping through the respective spaces 28 of the other half of the condenser, the two groups being (here) distinguishably separated by the mentioned convergence of the two sets of dents and hence of the groups of spaces 28 formed by them.

In any event," there is practically unobstructed vision through the condenser, facih'tation of visual detection of any particular thread, and the spaces 28 are of such am ple size that the condenser may be threaded without the use of a threading hook.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is:

1. A multiple strand guide comprising two reeds arranged face to face and each consisting of an open frame and dents connecting opposite sides of such frame, and means connecting said reeds together comprising crotched members on one frame having their crotches open toward each other, said members receiving in their crotches the frame of the other reed, and one member being shiftable from the other to admit the otherreed to the crotches and toward the other member to engage said other reed in the crotches.

2. A reed structure comprising an open frame having a series of attaching elements at each of two sides thereof and a length of attenuated material trained back and forth from one to the other of such sides zig-zag fashion repeatedly and engaged with said sides at said attaching elements.

3. A reed structure comprising an open frame having a series of attaching elements at each of two sides thereof and a length of attenuated material trained back and forth from one to the other of such sides zig-zag fashion repeatedly and engaged with said sides at said attaching elements, and having each end portion thereof secured to the frame, and said sides holding said length in a state of tension.

4. A reed structure comprising spaced headers each having a series of attaching elements, a length of attenuated material trained back and forth from one to the other of such headers zig-zag fashion repeatedly and engaged with said headers at said attaching elements and having each end portion I thereof secured to a header, and means, connecting the headers, for forcing them apart and thereby placing said length in a state of strain.

FREDERICK KLEIN. 

